ADMT-Environment

The environment

1.The circumstances or conditions that surround one; surroundings

2.The complex of social and cultural conditions affecting the nature of an individual or community.

3.the place in which people live and work, including all the physical conditions that affect them

4.the conditions and influences in which people carry on a particular activity

Hence, the environment is the conditions or the society that affects a person or the decisions he/she makes.

(points 1 and 2 taken from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/environment)

(points 3 and 4 taken from http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/environment)